Tom Wilson, Sr., 80 (9/16)Creator of “Ziggy” character and comic stripWrote/drew "Ziggy" strip - 1971-87I had forgotten until doing this list that I was a big Ziggy fan in the early '80s. In addition to my paperbacks (pictured above), I had a couple of the figurines on my desk. No wonder I was such a popular kid!

Mick Anglo, 95 (10/31)Creator of Marvelman (1954), which copied elements of the Captain Marvel comicsReworked Marvelman stories as Captain Miracle for his own Anglo Comics in the early '60sRevamped Capt. Miracle as Miracleman in the mid-'60sMiracleman had a popular revival in the 1980sMarvel bought the rights to Marvelman from Anglo in 2009 & began reprints of his work

Les Daniels, 68 (11/5)Comic book historian/authorComix: A History of the Comic Book in America (1971)Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics (1991)DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes (1995)

David Langdon, OBE, 97 (11/18)Venerable British cartoonist40 years with the Daily Mirror50 years with the New Yorker55 years with Punch magazine